Daily Republican., 1887-09-22
a Fen Picture OF st Louis.
Of the RRPpHLrcAH.

a Pen Picture OF 81 Louis.
Correspondence Of tho KRPpnLIoAH.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 10 Perhaps . few
no;es from . former Wilmingtonian In
this Western city may be Of some slight
interest to few Of the many thousand
readers Of the REPUBLICAN. St. Louie
Is at present In gala attire. The annual
exposition opened on the 7th inst. with
exhibitors from oil parts of the coun.
try. The exhibits are both numerous
and gotten up In q style of magnificence
that must be seen to be appreciated.
The exposition building may Justly be
constdered one Of the most impOsir q
ediaces In the world. It is substan
tally built Of red pressed brick with
white marble trimmings, with tower
At each corner and . tall copola in the
centre over the main entrance. 1t GOV
ers about tarea acres Of ground situated
in the hnest part Of the city. The ex.
position will continue forty days aud is
Waited by an average Of twenty thou.
sand daily, and on numerous occasions
like the g A. B. encampment, (that
will begin here next week. the daily
attendance will be treble the figures
above.
The g. A. r. encsmpment will bs
celebrated In St. Louis on . scale OF
maRnifcence never at.em pted In pre-
viors years; the principal stree's will
be illuminated In y gorgeous manner,
In fact night will literally be turned
into day, and It would require bat q
eighty vivid Imagination wnen gazing
at the miles of superbly illuminated
streets to conjure mp some fairy scene
from the Arabian Knights entertain.
menf. Arches surrounded with heroic
statues OF Lincoln, Grant, Hancock
aud Other prominent, leading men
daring the rebellion, will be erected at
prominent points In the city. St. Louis
has become noted for her hospitality,
and during the visit of the battle.
SCARED savers Of the nation there will
be no limit or bar to same.
The week folio wing the g. A. r. en-.
camprsens President Cleveland will pay
his long expected and much talked OF
visls to the city, when 1t IL expected
that the St. Louisians will give him
srch an ovation as man never received
before.
During the Presidents visit the noe.
turnal parade and fall of the "Veiled
Pfophe ts' Association will occur, and
every class. irrespective Of party. will
unite In making the Presidents visit
one to which be will ever after ward
look back to with pleasurab.e emo
tlops.
The annual fair of the st. Louis Agri
cultural and Mechanical Association
begins next month, when another in
flax Of visitors will come to the city
aud tax the capacities Of totels and
boarding houses to their utmost.
In the line of amusem ents St. Louis
will iank with any city in America at
present; we have In full blast Ave first.
c.ass theatres. besides several variety
housee, all playing nightly to crowded
houses. as we'll as the panorama build
ing with the cyclorama Of "The Battles
OF Chattanooga" and last but not least
the gorgeous open air spectacular per-
peii," with one thousand people in the
cast.
TIE newspapers OF st. Louis, as q
rule, are the most prosperous In the
country. Among the more prominent
ones / may mention the Globe Dsmo.
cra', Republican, Post Dispatch and
Sunday Sayipga The business men oil
the city are firm believers in printers
ink and advertise largely In al thu
pspera. The Quibbling over advertis
ing rates, with which your publishers
In the East have to contend, is compare
lively unknown here. The advertising
patrons Of the different papers seem tc
know snd appreciate the value o. space,
and par good rates without haggling
To illustrate, the Sunday Sayings, OIL
eight page Sunday journal. runs on er
average OF $4,000 worth of advertising
every Sunday, and on some occasions
even more. Verify st. Louis is the ad
vertising solicitors earthly paradise.
I had the pleasure of meeting my Old
friend Herman Bschsr, of Wilmington
% few days since, aud learIed to my
surprise that he had been In ct. Loui,
for the past eight months. He is teach
ins dancing, and l am sure that hi
numerou, friends In your city will bi
pleased to learn OF his prosperity. HI
has large and rapidly growing class
and Is enjoying o large degree of popu
!arity among tie devotees of the terp
sichoreau art.
Bscher Is the first Wilmington boy
have met in my two years residence IL
this city. We spent several hours IL
social converse recalling the old time'
when was filling the exalted posisirr
OF mail clerk on the Moning News, aut
the many good times we had enjoyed
with tho brother members of Co. U al
Frank Smiths cigar store.
; 1 expect that the ears Ct Haro
Reoads, VIII FL sddock, j. r. Harman
Fred and Jack Weller, Willard Der.
rickson, Savoy Evans and others of ou
old Co. q boys not only burned bu
fsirly scorched yesterday, as we spen
, several hours at my house, dnripl
which time their names formed tn
chief topic If conversation.
/ The famous Maxwell murder case I
still undecided, his attorneys hsvinI
gotten the matter before the U. 8. Court
aud 1t is uncertain when, In their slo W
disnifitd way, they will reach 1t.
The grand G. A. Il. parade, pro
ceedipg0, etc, will to described IN m,
next, j. NJ. W.